Bug 246731

Summary: A Vector Selection Tool doesn't allow Substract,Intersect and Replace modes
Product: [Applications] krita Reporter: Dmitry Kazakov <dimula73>
Component: Tool/TextAssignee: Krita Bugs <krita-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: wishlist CC: bugs_kde_org2, griffinvalley, halla
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: git master (please specify the git hash!)   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Unlisted Binaries   
OS: Linux   
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Description Dmitry Kazakov 2010-08-04 22:40:46 UTC
Version:           svn trunk (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

It simply uses Add for all cases

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Adam C 2010-08-04 22:51:45 UTC
is this a wish or a bug?
 
as far as i can tell, it would be needed to store an additional  
information to every flake selection, which mode it is. gui wise it would  
also need something new, because you normally don't see "negative"  
selections or "intersecting" selections, but the shapes must be editable.
Comment 2 Sven Langkamp 2010-08-06 20:55:00 UTC
Wish. I did not add that because I thought it would be too difficult to use. For example there could be an one add shape and one erase shape, so you need to know which to apply first.
Comment 3 Dmitry Kazakov 2010-08-06 21:02:27 UTC
But you needn't create several shapes for one selection. Let it just work as a pixel selection -- all shapes are composed into a single vector structure.
I think this is a bug, because it is inconsistent with pixel selections from UI point of view. And makes the user (e.g. me) feel weird. More than that, i don't see any usecases for vector shapes unless you can edit them. So either we make them editable or we should remove that feature.
Comment 4 Adam C 2010-08-06 21:33:19 UTC
it's possible to edit them by using the default tool. that isn't really intuitive, but it works.
Comment 5 Dmitry Kazakov 2010-08-06 21:44:30 UTC
Then the solution could be to put "vector path editing tools" shortcuts into tool options dialog for vector selections. Otherwise, it is really non-intuitive =)

And replace default action "Add" with "Replace" -- it means you will not be able to paint onto the same vector selection twice, old one will be replaces with the new one. But this will be very intuitive and expected behavior.
Comment 6 Sven Langkamp 2010-08-06 21:54:50 UTC
The way it is now editing vector selections is consistent with editing shape layers.
Comment 7 Halla Rempt 2016-01-24 10:33:37 UTC
WISHGROUP: Out of scope
Comment 8 Halla Rempt 2017-12-30 10:52:26 UTC
We just merged the new text tool.